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the gentleman from michigan. mr. conyers: mr. speaker, i rise to claim as much time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. conyers: i begin by congratulating howard coble, north carolina senior member of the judiciary committee, who is the sponsor of this bill and agree with him entirely. it was reported by our committee by voice vote and no amendment, his explanation is thorough and i appreciate his inclination for detail which had us make this important modification of appeal time clarification and i would at this point, mr. speaker, submit my statement for the record and yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered and the gentleman from michigan yields the balance of his time. the gentleman from north carolina. mr. coble: i thank my friend from michigan for his kind words. thank you, john. and, mr. speaker, i also yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: all time having been yielded, the question is will the house suspend the
the gentleman from michigan. mr. conyers: mr. speaker, i rise to claim as much time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. conyers: i begin by congratulating howard coble, north carolina senior member of the judiciary committee, who is the sponsor of this bill and agree with him entirely. it was reported by our committee by voice vote and no amendment, his explanation is thorough and i appreciate his inclination for detail which had us make this important...
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host: let's go to griffin, independent in michigan. caller: i keep hearing about the secretary of warren buffett. i do taxes. i figure if the secretary has a standard deduction, she would have to have an income of 90,000 a year. that would equal his 17.4%. using the word secretary, which is 50,000 on average at best in michigan and using that as an example is very disingenuous. i would like to hear it stop. host: we have a comment on twitter. echoing a the sentiments of a caller a moment ago. caller: i think it is unfair as far as the taxes that the rich pay, which is really nothing. i do not know if anyone has ever watched, because my grandkids watched the sweet 16 parties. it is nothing for them to spend $100,000 for their kids parties and then on top of that really expensive cars. the rich do not fight wars. their children do not go to fight wars. they should pay extra, because we are making them safe and allowing them to have their free will and the expense of the lives. and they can appear -- paid $20,000 for a pair of shoes. it i
host: let's go to griffin, independent in michigan. caller: i keep hearing about the secretary of warren buffett. i do taxes. i figure if the secretary has a standard deduction, she would have to have an income of 90,000 a year. that would equal his 17.4%. using the word secretary, which is 50,000 on average at best in michigan and using that as an example is very disingenuous. i would like to hear it stop. host: we have a comment on twitter. echoing a the sentiments of a caller a moment ago....
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john yang joins me live from michigan. quite a story. this started out with jeremy being called a hero. >> reporter: that's right. at this walgreens. it was 4:30 in the morning when they burst in. days later, jeremy was fired. he's making a federal case out of it, suing wal growns for wrongful termination. security cameras captured the brazen robbery attempt in the quick-witted heroic response. a masked gunman points a gun at the pharmacist in the blue shirt. in response he draws his own weapon. >> i feared for my life. in self defense i fired my weapon as i continued to move from him. >> instead of being rewarded, he was fired. >> no life was lost. no life was harmed and nothing was stolen. in that context, i think he was a hero. >> he was on the overnight shift at the michigan walgreens when two armed men burst in. one holds the gun and the second jumps the pharmacy counter, trying three times to shoot him and the gun wouldn't fire. >> the gunman advanced on me rapidly. he hurdled over the counter and a single motion and pointed his we
john yang joins me live from michigan. quite a story. this started out with jeremy being called a hero. >> reporter: that's right. at this walgreens. it was 4:30 in the morning when they burst in. days later, jeremy was fired. he's making a federal case out of it, suing wal growns for wrongful termination. security cameras captured the brazen robbery attempt in the quick-witted heroic response. a masked gunman points a gun at the pharmacist in the blue shirt. in response he draws his own...
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. >>> this is surveillance video of a walgreen's in michigan. it's been roged. the pharmacist pulls out a gun. scares the thieves away. instead of being hailed as a hero, the pharmacist got fired. he's suing walgreen's. it's a complicated one. >> it is. >>> and the 3-year-old dolled up as a pretty woman, a la julia roberts. her mother takes on the critics who say, her daughter looks too sexy, too soon. >> people will be weighing in on that. >>> and then j. lo. she gave her fans a thrill of a lifetime. >>> first to the attempted heist caught on tape. a pharmacist foiling a robbery. apparently saving the day. why did he lose his job? dan harris has more on the incident and why the man is now suing walgreengreenwalgreens. >> on the video tape, you'll see a night shift nightmare play out in real l me and you can decide whether an employee was reckless or heroic. it all plays out on this harrowing surveillance video of a walgreens fapharmacy. it's 4:30 in the morning. the pharmacist is sorting medications behind the unter. two armed men wearing masks enter. immediate
. >>> this is surveillance video of a walgreen's in michigan. it's been roged. the pharmacist pulls out a gun. scares the thieves away. instead of being hailed as a hero, the pharmacist got fired. he's suing walgreen's. it's a complicated one. >> it is. >>> and the 3-year-old dolled up as a pretty woman, a la julia roberts. her mother takes on the critics who say, her daughter looks too sexy, too soon. >> people will be weighing in on that. >>> and then j....
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host: let's go to griffin, independent in michigan. caller: i keep hearing about the secretary of warren buffett. i do taxes. i figure if the secretary has a standard deduction, she would have to have an income of 90,000 a year. that would equal his 17.4%. using the word secretary, which is 50,000 on average at best in michigan and using that as an example is very disingenuous. i would like to hear it stop. host: we have a comment on twitter. echoing a the sentiments of a caller a moment ago. caller: i think it is unfair as far as the taxes that the rich pay, which is really nothing. i do not know if anyone has ever watched, because my grandkids watched the sweet 16 parties. it is nothing for them to spend $100,000 for their kids parties and then on top of that really expensive cars. the rich do not fight wars. their children do not go to fight wars. they should pay extra, because we are making them safe and allowing them to have their free will and the expense of the lives. and they can appear -- paid $20,000 for a pair of shoes. it i
host: let's go to griffin, independent in michigan. caller: i keep hearing about the secretary of warren buffett. i do taxes. i figure if the secretary has a standard deduction, she would have to have an income of 90,000 a year. that would equal his 17.4%. using the word secretary, which is 50,000 on average at best in michigan and using that as an example is very disingenuous. i would like to hear it stop. host: we have a comment on twitter. echoing a the sentiments of a caller a moment ago....